Journal
JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY A
Volume 3, Issue 12, Pages 6402-6407Publisher
ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY
DOI: 10.1039/c5ta00603a
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [21371023]
- Research Fund for the Doctoral Program of Higher Education of China [20101101110026]
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The rational design of hierarchically structured materials is of great significance for developing energy-storage devices. Herein, a novel and uniform chrysanthemum-like TiO2 nanostructure built by well-defined surface-folded nanorods (CLNR-TiO2) has been fabricated by a facile, effective and template-free synthetic method. By only changing the solvent in the reaction another two different morphologies have been obtained, including flower-like structures built by nanoplates (FLNP-TiO2) and microspheres (Microsphere-TiO2). As chrysanthemum-like nanostructures allow efficient Li+ ion diffusion, as well as have better structural stability, CLNR-TiO2 exhibits the best lithium storage performances among the three samples. A superior capacity up to 309.3 mA h g(-1) is achieved at a current rate of 0.5 C (1 C = 170 mA g (1)) for the first cycle with a high coulombic efficiency of 93.4% and it is significant for practical applications. At a high current rate of 5 C, a high reversible capacity of 198.3 mA h g(-1) is obtained in 100 cycles (92% of capacity retention) with excellent rate capacity, high coulombic efficiency and good cycling stability.
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